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Night Photography
Got a question...how do I determine the correct shutter speed?
Many different situations mean many different settings, so some generalization can be applied when you answer.
1) For example, shooting a landscape and sky with no ambient light (1am for instance, not in a city). Set up the camera in manual mode, choose an aperature, but how long do you need to expose for? is 1 minute good or do you need 5 minutes to get enough light in? (also keeping a low ISO)
2) Shooting near street lights, etc where there is ambient light. No matter what aperature you chose, the camera won't suggest a shutter speed. So how do you calculate what shutter speed is good? How much do you want to play with ISO versus just taking a longer exposure?
Just getting into night shooting and I know there is some trial and error, but trying to avoid doing a 20 minute exposure just to find out it gets washed out or something.
Thanks!
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